Winternights.

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Winternights are time time when you have friends over and celebrate staying indoors or even just hang out and rug up on the couch and stay warm while its cold and dark.

Yesterday Ellen came to the gym with us yesterday and signed up. It was so great having another girl to hang out with! So nice. Anyway so turns out Darren has done something to his ankle thats pretty nasty at football and hes been on crutches! We weren't doing anything so I said to ryan we should invite him over for dinner. So he came and I made dinner and also Afghan Biscuits! Just like in NZ!!! So here is the recipe:

Afghan biscuits recipe

250g nuttelex, chopped, at room temperature
¾ cup castor sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon of freshly brewed coffee
1 cup self-raising flour
1 cup plain flour
1/3 cup cocoa
2 cups lightly crushed cornflakes
¼ cup desiccated coconut
Chocolate icing
1 cup icing sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
1 tablespoons boiling water
Whole walnuts to decorate

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C. Lightly grease and line 2 baking trays.
2. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Beat in vanilla and coffee.
3. Sift flours and cocoa together. Fold into creamed mixture. Stir through cornflakes and coconut.
4. Roll level tablespoons of mixture into balls. Arrange on prepared trays, leaving 4cm space between each biscuit (this allows for spreading). Flatten lightly with a fork. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cool on trays.
5. Chocolate icing: sift icing sugar and cocoa together into a small bowl. Stir in butter and water until icing is smooth and spreadable.
6. Spread icing over cooled biscuits. Sprinkle with walnuts.
7. Share with loved ones